Based on the 2014 vintage, complemented by fully 40% old reserve wines, the new release of Charles Heidsiecks NV Brut Reserve was disgorged earlier this year. Its showing very well, opening up in the glass with notes of green apple, dried white flowers, pear, candied peel and walnuts. On the palate, the wine is medium to full-bodied, deep and layered, with a textural attack and a racier, tighter-knit core than either the 2012- or 2010-base renditions, displaying good concentration and underlying richness. This is a bottling that continues to punch above its weight and which both merits and rewards a few years in the cellar before opening. (Issue 244 End of August 2019, The Wine Advocate 31st Aug 2019)